Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 24

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Evangeline never imagined Walter would show up at the hospital in the dead of night and act like a madman. Had Julia left him wanting?

The memory of the night's betrayal with Julia pierced her heart with an invisible needle, each thought of a suffocating sting.

Evangeline bit Walter's shoulder, her bite a desperate act of defiance.

Walter gasped, the sharp pain a testament to her surprising strength. He had not even gotten over the kick she had delivered to his leg last time, and she bit him.

"Do you enjoy biting people?" Walter grunted, wincing.

Evangeline felt a twinge of satisfaction seeing his usually stoic face twist in pain. "Put me down now, or I'll call the guards!"

Walter's striking features were inches away as he firmly grasped her chin. "You've got two choices: One, I put you down and we show your grandpa your disheveled state. Two, keep quiet and come back with me."

The mention of her grandpa silenced Evangeline's struggle. Walter had found her Achilles' heel. She did not want their issues aired in front of her grandpa.

Her heart seethed with resentment, but she fell silent, refusing to meet his gaze.

Walter carried her, and for the first time, she was as docile as a little kitten in his arms.

His expression was icy, devoid of warmth, though inside, a fire raged, like kindling ready to ignite.

Walter took Evangeline back to their house, to the bedroom they shared as a married couple. He placed her on the master bed and, with a stern expression, stripped off her shoes and socks.

"What are you doing?"

on Julia's bed flashed in her mind, and she instinctively jerked

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I'd love to see just how pristine you really are!" His eyes were deep pools of darkness,

terrifying sense of powerlessness washed over

consume her whole.

to strike me for your darling?" Evangeline pushed against his chest,

her face, his dark gaze prowling over her features. "Who did this to you?" "Mind

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want Walter's children, but he

he want with her, fresh from Julia's bed?

the storm brewing in Walter's handsome face as he surveyed her injuries, the turmoil in his eyes dark and

a phone rang. It

of Walter, and Julia's voice burst through the moment the call

going too far? Yesterday's beating wasn't enough, now you've

are you? Don't fret, you're next on the list," Evangeline's

message was intended

other end of the line, unaware that

I've already filled Walter in, and he's on board to help Ruby clean up the mess you've made. By the way, Walter rushed out so early today he left his tie at the hotel. Any idea where he's

a mocking laugh, she retorted, "He's here with me, says the tie's too dirty to bother with.

somewhere!"

Evangeline ended the

thought he was

feeling was indescribable as if her

playing the hero for everyone but your own wife," mused Evangeline

a moment of conscience, but he was just there to confront her on

her chin firmly. "I never saw it coming either, that James would